 | | Can you talk your way past an AI border guard? | | Amid all the upheaval of this year, the world’s refugee crisis has carried on, unrelenting. So the Imperial War Museum’s new ‘Refugees’ season is timely and vital. A mix of artefacts, stories, films and artworks, it charts a century of displacement, from WWI to Syria, including footage of the Moria camp on Lesbos, partly destroyed by a fire earlier this month. It’s not all heartbreaking stuff: you can try and get past an AI border guard based on the ‘emotional consistency’ of your face (our writer predictably failed). A great and necessary show, go see it. |
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Which famous London building has ventilators on its roof to expel the smell of horses it has never contained? |
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| Stuff for you to do this weekend |  | | Brunchtime! | Concerned about the new 10pm cut-off interfering with your hours of waking drinking? No problem, that’s why they invented BRUNCH, a legit excuse to neck sparkling wine at 11am while lining your stomach with a poached egg and some berries. (Germans don’t bother with this, they just serve prosecco at breakfast.) Okay, it’s also a nice, sociable thing to do, so check out our round-up of London’s best brunches, and you can get your muzzy head down well before the
curfew bell tolls. | | The best of the rest: | Spooktastic Confused by art? Scared of public transport? You should definitely avoid this great show in Brixton from Andy Holden, which involves a ghost train. Everyone else, hop aboard! It’s a cartoony trip-and-a-half.
Amplifier Poet and playwright Inua Ellams talks about growing up in London, and the genesis of his excellent current production ‘An Evening with an Immigrant’.
Post-Colonialism Wallow in the bohemian mire of Soho’s notorious Colony Room Club, drinking haunt of Francis Bacon, sundry YBAs and people charitably known as ‘characters’ (rude drunks), at this ace-looking reminiscy-package.
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| Do you have a minute? | | 2020: it’s seen a fair few twists, turns and ropey hairstyles. As we grow closer to the end of it all (the year, we mean!), it’s a great time to take stock. In particular, we want to know what going out feels like for you. Did you Eat Out to Help Out or are you never leaving the house again? Either way, tell us all about it and you'll have a chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher!! | | |
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| Screen treats |  | | They’ve just added Steve McQueen’s 1980-set London film ‘Lovers Rock’ to the line-up of this year’s BFI London Film Festival. We’ve seen it, and we’ve given it the big five-star treatment, saying ‘It’s a film of sounds, feelings and textures. The tunes will lodge in your brain, and you’ll leave blinking into the light like you were right there yourself.’ So you might want to see it. And check out the rest of the LFF bill. |
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| London news that you can use |  | | Carb coma at yours | | Extra Italian joint Gloria has added a new delivery service, Napoli Gang | | |
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Rodney | | The Royal Ballet is making its return to the live arena, and not a moment too soon | | |
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